If ignoring nostalgia, novelty, and historical significance I could imagine reviewers giving StarFox 2 a bad score. But that score for Metroid: Samus Returns? Way too low in my opinion. I've been absolutely enjoying it and would probably give it a 9, myself.

Regarding the cover: It's nice to see something painted every now and then. How many commercial artists use watercolors anymore?

Yeah that Metroid: SR score is kinda low. I know the complaints some have with it (and the inevitable comparisons to AM2R), but has a remake of Metroid 2, its pretty good for what its trying to do. And the secret lore stuff has great implications for the future of the series. Hopefully we can finally have Metroid V (or Dread :p).